The figures below are aggregates derived from public victimisation data and are comparative against the NZ Area-Unit average — not an official assessment of any place, business, or person. Counts below 6 are suppressed to protect privacy. Read our methodology & terms and privacy notice.
// Summary
Dunstan is an Area Unit in Central Otago District covering 5079.60 km2. Across the most recent 48-month window, the published victimisation data lists 241 reported victimisations here — an average of 5.0 per month, which is 0.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Dunstan is theft (99 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 20.4% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.2M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Dunstan.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.10.8%
- Dwelling Outbuilding5.8%
- Dwelling Land5.0%
- Agricultural Outbuilding2.1%
- Agricultural1.7%